Definition of plant structure Plant structure
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| plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus | ||
| plant part | ||
| natural object an object occurring naturally; not made by man | ||
| plant life, flora, plant (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | ||
| stub the part of a check that is retained as a record | ||
| button a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes | ||
| thallus a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes | ||
| pileus, cap a tight-fitting headdress | ||
| calyptra the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy | ||
| volva cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi | ||
| domatium a part of a plant (e.g., a leaf) that has been modified to provide protection for insects or mites or fungi | ||
| pycnidium flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia | ||
| stipule a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed | ||
| tepal an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips) | ||
| gynostegium the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias | ||
| chalaza one of two spiral bands of tissue connecting the egg yolk to the enclosing membrane at either end of the shell | ||
| nucellus central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac | ||
| germ tube (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination | ||
| pollen tube (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower; it penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule | ||
| mentum a projection below the mouth of certain mollusks that resembles a chin | ||
| corona a long cigar with blunt ends | ||
| lip either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell | ||
| mycelium the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae | ||
| plant organ a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | ||
| aril fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed | ||
| duct an enclosed conduit for a fluid | ||
| velum, veil a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms | ||
| annulus, skirt (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar | ||
| plant tissue the tissue of a plant | ||
| tendril slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support | ||
| tree stump, stump (cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket | ||
| prophyll a plant structure resembling a leaf | ||
| stock the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory" | ||
| receptacle a container that is used to put or keep things in | ||
| kernel, meat the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" | ||
| lobe a rounded projection that is part of a larger structure | ||
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